Public Health Association of Aust Women’s Health Special Interest Group #WHSIG#PHAA#PublicHealth. Posting from Naarm, Wurundjeri Land & Leura Dharug Nation
SPHERE SRH COVID-19 Coalition's update on LARC use during the COVID-19 Pandemic:
Extended use of LARC is no longer recommended
~ Implanon NXT: 3 years
~ Mirena & Kyleena: 5 years
~ Copper IUD: 5 or 10 (depending on type)
Read the full bulletin at:
https://t.co/Jpz9BmvOtM
At age 35, one in four Australian women and one in three men were hoping to have a child or more children in the future. But by age 49, about half report they haven’t yet had the number of children they hoped for.
https://t.co/WZq8g0YZpQ
"Over the same period, more Queensland women have allegedly been killed in domestic settings than the state's entire death toll from COVID-19" https://t.co/BW8ttBcVPi
The results are out! This one's for the policy makers. Not only did our ACCORd study of effectiveness based contraceptive counselling and a rapid referral option to insertion increase uptake of LARC but it was cost effective as well
https://t.co/urfqEVxTGK
One week to go till the AusCAPPS webinar with contraception gurus @DrDebBateson and @FPV_AUS Kathy McNamee on post abortion contraception & the new drosperinone POP. A must attend for all GPs, GP trainees, practice nurses and pharmacists. Register here https://t.co/Ayj7azE5m6
"Prescription opioid use remains common, although decreasing, among women of reproductive age in Australia. However, it is reassuring that the majority of opioid use in this population is short-term." https://t.co/yfKylA78x2